Top 10 Greatest Albums of the 1980s

I'm primarily a metalhead, but Thriller was the first and only song and album that caught my attention. It opened the world of music into my little world and set the foundation for my perception of great music. So, if it weren't for Michael Jackson, I wouldn't be a Pantera fan.

This is my all-time favorite album. I also love Slippery When Wet, Back in Black, Master of the Puppets, Appetite For Destruction, and many others on the list. I really do think that this should be #1. Shame on those who voted for all the Heart albums on this list!

It is the definition of 80s music. Nothing comes close to this. One of the best songs featured here is ‘Human Nature', which in itself is a perfect song.

This is a milestone album. It was the first album of the young band. It was full of emotions, melancholy, and depth. A timeless masterpiece album and imagine, it is not the best A-ha album! A-ha is brilliant now and then.

This album features one of the best voices in the world of music and many awesome songs like The Sun Always Shines on T.V.

OML, I'm so thrilled that this rad album is number 2! A-ha is amazing without end. It'd be better if it was #1, but y'know, MJ has the eternal spotlight here.

I'm not primarily into metal or Metallica, but this is an amazing album that I have listened to many times. It fits together perfectly, and the songs are of the kind that get better with every listen. Not only does it sound great, but it is also a lyrical masterpiece.

I don't understand why there are no metal albums other than AC/DC and Metallica in the top ten. Metal is the best genre and Metallica is one of the greatest bands to represent it.

As a metalhead, I must choose this album! This album is my favorite album ever! It's perfect from start to finish.

Fade to Black, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Creeping Death, Ride the Lightning? All amazing songs.

This should be higher than MOP.

Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O Mine. All of these songs are ones that everyone here has at least heard once in their life. They are huge songs that have all come off this one album, more than most other albums can say. The album is full of other underrated songs. It definitely deserves to be in the top ten.

How can this album be number 17? It's the best debut album of all time, not only the 80s!

Every song on this album kicks ass. It's clearly the best ROCK album, if not THE BEST album of the 80s.

I can't believe some of the crap that's above this great album... Come on, "Slippery When Wet"?! "Rhythm Nation 1814"?! That's not even Janet's best album! You might as well pick Right Said Fred! I've listened to those and many others on this list, but they don't even approach the plateau that "Purple Rain" set. I really think that people should just get this album, listen to it, and then come back and vote.

It's ridiculous this album hasn't done any better on this list. Probably one of the best albums ever. Definitely TOP 3 albums of the 80's among Prince's ‘Sign O' the Times' and Peter Gabriel's ‘SO'.

This album was Prince's answer to Michael Jackson's Thriller album.

This is the best album and album cover of the 80s! Madonna was at her pinnacle with True Blue. Every song is awesome but I have to say my favorite is Where's The Party. It always gets me in a good mood and brings me back.

I remember like it was yesterday, Madonna and Michael Jackson fever, no stupid technology, just a bad television and the street radios to sing those hits… good times, nowadays children suck.

This is a brilliant album from the Queen of Pop, Madonna. I love every single track here, but my most favorite songs are La Isla Bonita and Papa Don't Preach.

Um, hello? This was AC/DC's height of fame. Every song was a hit, and it sold over 42 million copies worldwide. Thriller is also a fantastic album, but the fact that Michael Jackson is some twisted person now decreases its popularity. I just don't understand, though.

The most PERFECT classic rock songs ever written are here. Enough said. You need to hear it at least once in your life. It's 42 minutes long, so there's no excuse.

I haven't heard many 80s albums, but even if I heard everything the 80s had to offer, this would still rank as number 1. Every song is a hit in my book, but most of all, it just plain rocks.

This album is in everyone's music collection and the critics also rank it as number 1. Every review of the 80s ranks this as number 1.

Side 1 of this album is incredible. Side 2 is great. A true 80s classic.

Maiden's best album is inarguably one of the decade's finest. Classic songs, ranging from the well-known - the title track, Hallowed By Thy Name, Run To The Hills - to the underrated gems like the much maligned Gangland and 22 Acacia Avenue, fantastic production, and the ever-marvellous vocals of Bruce Dickinson help to solidify this album's stance as one of heavy metal's greats. While early Maiden had been fantastic, this is where they hit their peak, and it continues to represent the best that metal had to offer, both in the 80s and of all time. An utterly timeless album (not very many popular 80's albums you can say that about) which represents heavy metal at its finest hour.

Nothing is bad about this album. All the tracks are great all the way through to the end. It should be up there with ‘Master of Puppets' by Metallica.

Come on, this should be in the top 10 at least. It's the single most kickass album of the 80s.

This was the first U2 album I listened to. I thought it was okay at first. Then I listened to it a few months later and loved it. Then I listened to Achtung Baby, which is even better in my opinion. Now I can't stop listening to U2.

This album is timeless. It sounds like it could've been released yesterday.

How is this not in the top 10?

This album is the best. It contains the three classics of Bon Jovi. This should at least be in the top 10.

This album is awesome. Livin on a Prayer, Keep the Faith, Always, Bed of Roses, and Born to be my Baby are all featured here.

This is my second favorite album of all time (the first being Everyone Is Here by The Finn Brothers)! How is it 105? Anyone who cannot appreciate The Smiths is missing 99% of their emotions.

Some of the greatest examples of Morrisey and Marr's songwriting abilities are on this album. Some essential tracks are "The Queen Is Dead", "There's A Light That Never Goes Out", and "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side".

Well, the best album of the last century is number 124. The internet is dead. No taste. The end.

There's not one bad track on the album. You just put it on and jam or go. This was before he got all soft and squishy in the 90s. Next to Van Halen's 5150 and Journey's Escape albums, it's a definite favorite of the 80s!

This album has a fantastic track list. It's not too deep, romantic, and moving. Bryan wrote and composed all the songs here. He's a true musical genius. Tracks like ‘Heaven', 'Summer of ‘69', ‘Run to You', ‘One Night Love Affair', and ‘Somebody' were memorable.

It's solid from start to finish.

Unfortunately, it is irrelevant how good the album is. All that matters is how commercial the artist is. The Pixies are the ones influencing Kurt Cobain but, sadly (in my opinion), they never became as big. "Doolittle" is the Pixies' best album and deserves to be in the top ten list. P.S.: Very excited over the new album "Indie Cindy," released the 28th.

There's only one good album in the top ten (Master of Puppets) and one OK one (Slippery When Wet). Put Doolittle in at least the top 20, and it might help me forgive the terrible taste on this list just a little. It's without a doubt one of the greatest albums of all time.

The only reason this isn't in the top 10 is because it's not as well known. It's one of the best albums of all time

This is a fabulous album. It's like a rock version of Thriller. Every song could be, and nearly was, a single. The production by Mutt Lange is excellent. It's truly an 80s classic and should be in the top 10.

I got this album because I wanted to know the band. It resulted in one of my favorite albums. Every single song in it is awesome.

This is a brilliant album. I still recall the goosebumps I felt on first hearing it.

This is the best album of the 80s for me. Every song is awesome. The title song is by far, hands down, her best song. My favorite on this album is Pray for Spanish Eyes. Her voice is so pretty in it, and it's just such a beautiful song. This here is Madonna at her pinnacle.

This is a classic album that changed musical history. Hits like "Like a Prayer", "Express Yourself", "Cherish", "Oh Father"… Madonna's vocal sounds great here. It's one of the most memorable albums ever.

This is one of the defining albums of the 80s. Why is this not in the top ten?